I’m in Doctor Who geek heaven right now. The folks at ThinkGeek are selling a r/c model of K9:
Doctor Who is many things to many people, but one thing he is to everyone who knows him is a dog lover. He just loves his K9’s, and he knows that a happy workplace is one with a dog (cyber or otherwise). And we whole-heartedly agree. That’s why at ThinkGeek we try to have at least two real dogs in the office and now an R/C K9. But unlike the real dogs, our R/C K9 is always willing to do our bidding.
Each quarter-scale K9 is full of lush, accurate details. From the light up eye unit and back panel to the extendable nose blaster, this R/C K9 was made to be the next best thing to owning a real K9 unit. And just like the real thing, the R/C K9 is not a quiet robot; the only difference is that you are complete control of his 7 audible phrases. Heck, even K9’s satellite-dish ears wiggle when he moves. This is more than just a great toy, this is a life companion – ready to serve you. “Affirmative, Master.”
And it’s even reasonably priced to boot!
It’s cute and you don’t have to clean up after it, or feed it. So nice dog bot.